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The Attendance Trophy was created to add interest to the attendance of
Suzuki Owners Club organised events. It began in 1985 and has run every year since.
Events
- Qualifying Events are those that are deemed eligible by an elected member of the Suzuki Owners Club National Committee, with responsibility for Events.
- To qualify, all events must have been authorised and published in the events listings on the club website at least one month prior to the actual event date and where possible in the events news in the Hustler prior to the event this will allow as many SOC members as possible to be notified of the event and therefore the chance to attend. Centre secretaries should check the website events lists prior to a centre meeting and take a copy to the meeting to show their centre members so that they are up to date with what events are taking place.
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- To allow all members the opportunity to attend, events must have a start time of no earlier than 10.00am (except where the event is an “all day” event), if an event has a start time earlier than this the organiser must specify a time and meeting point either somewhere along the route after 10.00am, or at the destination The only exception to this is an event where the club marquee is present as all events where this occurs qualify regardless of notification.
- Centre meetings do not qualify for the Attendance Trophy.
- Night/Evening events (except when incorporated into a rally weekend or similar event) do not qualify, as this would exclude members who have long distances to travel to either the start point or venue.
- All events must be open to all members of the Suzuki Owners Club without prejudice.
- Members may attend by any form of transport, although motorcycles are the preferred method and where the event is a trophy awarding event (i.e. a rally) anyone travelling by motorcycle will be awarded the trophy, although members travelling by other means will still be awarded their points and mileage for the overall attendance award.
- The Attendance Trophy runs from the AGM to the weekend before the following year's AGM, unless otherwise stated in "Events News".
Signing In
- Mileage to any event is from the members’ home or departure point if not leaving from home, to the event (one way).
- At each qualifying event there must be a signing in sheet. This can be the official SOC form or any other form that can be written on by attendees. It must be headed with the Event's name and the date. (Official forms are available from the Events Secretary or via the club website).
- The form must contain columns for: Name, Membership Number, Gender, Centre (if applicable), Mileage and a column to state whether they are a rider or pillion.
- A valid membership card should be shown on signing in.
- Entries on the form with no membership number or an incorrect membership number will be discarded.
- Illegible writing will have the entry discarded - please use
- If arriving other than by motorcycle, generally the members are recorded as having attended on a motorcycle. Someone usually a pillion will be recorded as a pillion, a rider as a rider, unless otherwise stated on the sheet.
- Forms should be returned to the SOC PO Box number as soon after the event as possible to allow the update of the computer records. Only data given on the form is recorded.
- For every event attended each member is awarded 5 points and their mileage is noted, the members centre will receive 1 point for each centre member signing in at an event The mileage is to act as a tie- breaker in the event of several people having the same number of points. The mileage also determines some of the awards in its own right.
- NOTE: - IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EVENT ORGANISER TO SEND THE SIGNING IN SHEETS TO THE EVENTS OFFICER AS SOON AFTER THE EVENT AS POSSIBLE
Awards
Only one award is made per member each
year as per the following list:
- Overall Male Rider Winner: Awarded to the male member that heads the Male Rider Table with the
most points. In the event of a tie, the one with the highest mileage will win- in the event of the winner having both
highest points and mileage, they will be given the choice of which award they wish to receive – overall or
mileage.
- Male Rider Runner Up: Awarded to the male member with the second highest points tally in
the Male Rider Table. In the event of a tie, the one with the highest mileage will win. In the event of the Male
Rider Runner Up having both highest points and mileage, they will be given the choice of which award they wish to
receive – overall or mileage.
- Overall Female Rider Winner: Awarded to the female member that heads the Female Rider
Table with the most points. In the event of a tie, the one with the highest mileage will win. In the event of the winner
having both highest points and mileage, they will be given the choice of which award they wish to receive – overall or
mileage.
- Female Rider Runner Up: Awarded to the Female member with the second highest points tally
in the Female Rider Table. In the event of a tie, the one with the highest mileage will win. In the event of the Female
Runner Up having both highest points and mileage, they will be given the choice of which award they wish to receive –
overall or mileage.
- Male Rider Highest Mileage: Awarded to the Male member that has accumulated the highest
mileage travelling to events in the Male Rider Table. There is a minimum qualifying number of events for this award:
five events or 25 points.
- Female Rider Highest Mileage: Awarded to the Female Rider Member that has accumulated the
highest mileage travelling to events in the Female Rider Table. There is a minimum qualifying number of events for this
award: five events or 25 points.
- Best Newcomer: Awarded to the highest placed member in the Rider Table that has joined in
the year since the last AGM.
- Best Newcomer Runner Up: Awarded to the second placed newcomer in the club.
- Junior Award: Awarded to the junior member that has the highest points in the junior section of the table. There are
a minimum qualifying number of events for this award: five events or 25 points.
- Junior Award Runner Up: Awarded to the second placed junior member in the junior table.
- Pillion Award: Awarded to the member that heads the Pillion Table with the most points. In the event of a tie, the
one with the higher mileage will win.
- Pillion Runner Up: Awarded to the second placed member in the Pillion Table.
- Centre Trophy: There is a shield that is awarded to the Centre that has the highest points recorded on the computer
database.
In addition to the above, there may be
other trophies awarded to runners up in the categories where one
isn't defined. This is at the discretion of the National Committee
Member(s) with responsibility for Events.
Rules last updated 25 September 2007 |
